Legal Issues with the COVID-19 Crisis

General News: 21 April 2020

This webinar covered some of the issues that businesses and individuals are facing during the COVID-19 Crisis.

Workplace Law with Steve Curtain

• Standing down employees, reducing hours or termination
• Managing employees working from home
• Pandemic leave and protection from termination
• Changes to awards by the Fair Work Commission

Tenancy with Sarah Ward

• Negotiating your retail or commercial lease
• Documenting your agreement in isolation
• Government Response - retail and commercial leases

Migration Law

• Temporary visa holders - changes to further stay and work arrangement
• New COVID-19 visa (subclass 408) - special eligibility
• Visitors and Tourists (subclass 600) - applying for a further stay
• International students (subclass 500) - relaxation of work limitation
• Temporary Work visa (subclasses 457 or 482) - concessions on sponsorship obligations and visa conditions; dos and don€'ts

To view the slides and video, please use the following links:

• Slides - Download .pdf
• Video - https://youtu.be/m3M6Xk5ndCk

 

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